Cisco to help Batelco modernise its IP backbone infrastructure

Details: Vaughan O'Grady; Category: Service Management; 22 December 2025; 12326 views

Bahrain-headquartered provider telecommunications and digital services Batelco by Beyon has signed an agreement with Cisco to modernise its IP backbone infrastructure.

Through this collaboration, Cisco, a multinational digital communications technology corporation, says it will provide cutting-edge networking capabilities with advanced routing, automation, and intelligent assurance and monitoring tools.

Batelco says its aims are to boost network performance and deliver faster, more resilient connectivity, improving the experience of Batelco’s mobile, fixed and enterprise customers across the Kingdom.

This upgrade also establishes a robust foundation for AI-driven network operations, with the intention of achieving greater intelligence, automation and efficiency. These enhancements, say the partners, will empower Batelco to deliver improved service quality and the agility to support 5G-Advanced, 6G readiness, IoT, network slicing, and cloud-native service delivery, helping to support Bahrain’s digital transformation goals.

Explaining why this collaboration with Cisco marks a major step forward in Batelco’s network evolution strategy, Batelco Chief Technology Officer Rashid Mohammed says: “We are modernising our IP backbone to ensure it is future-ready – capable of supporting intelligent, AI-powered digital services that will shape the next phase of connectivity across Bahrain. It will enable us to deliver faster, more reliable, and more intelligent services to our customers while helping to advance Bahrain’s national digital ambitions.”